Hi,
I am use the terminal emulator screen at SLES15. But in this terminal
emulation the two keys HOME and END does not act as expected. When
pressed nothing happens 
Until SLES11 when pressed the cursor jump to the beginning or the end of
the line.
Is there a config file at the SLES15 to adjust this to get the same
behavior as at SLES11? And what are the correct settings?
Bernd
Hi Bernd,
it might be a mismatch of terminal types (the one facilitated inside the “screen” environment, versus what you actual terminal program, i. e. “putty”, is using).
Assuming that the special keys work before invoking “screen”, could you please check how $TERM is set in the invoking shell, and it’s value once inside the “screen” environment? “tset -r” should provide the same information, iirc.
Regards,
J
Am 13.11.18 um 12:54 schrieb jmozdzen:
(…)[color=blue]
it might be a mismatch of terminal types (the one facilitated inside the
“screen” environment, versus what you actual terminal program, i. e.
“putty”, is using).Assuming that the special keys work before invoking “screen”, could you
please check how $TERM is set in the invoking shell, and it’s value once
inside the “screen” environment? “tset -r” should provide the same
information, iirc.[/color]
Screen shows
TERM=screen.xterm-256color
and the ‘normal’ terminal shows
TERM=xterm-256color
and in both cases tset -r shows this settings.
Ah …
When change the keyboard setting of the terminal emulation from Standard
(XFree 4) to Linux-Konsole, then the misbehavior like with screen is in
the normal terminal, too.
But where is the keyboard setting for screen?
Bernd
Hi Bernd,
[QUOTE=nntp-user;55218]Am 13.11.18 um 12:54 schrieb jmozdzen:
(…)[COLOR=blue]
it might be a mismatch of terminal types (the one facilitated inside the
“screen” environment, versus what you actual terminal program, i. e.
“putty”, is using).Assuming that the special keys work before invoking “screen”, could you
please check how $TERM is set in the invoking shell, and it’s value once
inside the “screen” environment? “tset -r” should provide the same
information, iirc.[/COLOR]
Screen shows
TERM=screen.xterm-256color
and the ‘normal’ terminal shows
TERM=xterm-256color
and in both cases tset -r shows this settings.
Ah …
When change the keyboard setting of the terminal emulation from Standard
(XFree 4) to Linux-Konsole, then the misbehavior like with screen is in
the normal terminal, too.
But where is the keyboard setting for screen?
Bernd[/QUOTE]
just for testing, please “export TERM=xterm-256color; tset” once you’re in your “screen”, and retest the keys.
I just compared to my non-SLES system, there TERM is set to “screen” inside the “screen” environment. Maybe that’s an alternative value to test, if above doesn’t help.
Regards,
J
Am 13.11.18 um 15:24 schrieb jmozdzen:[color=blue]
Hi Bernd,[/color]
(…)[color=blue]just for testing, please “export TERM=xterm-256color; tset” once
you’re in your “screen”, and retest the keys.[/color]
Unfortunately this does not change the behavior of the keys.
[color=blue]
I just compared to my non-SLES system, there TERM is set to “screen”
inside the “screen” environment. Maybe that’s an alternative value
to test, if above doesn’t help.Even if I use screen instead of screen.xterm-256color as $TERM the[/color]
behavior is the same.
Bernd
Hi Bernd & all,
Unfortunately this does not change the behavior of the keys.
maybe someone else can jump in and offer some advice? I know that terminal control sequence mapping can be a hassle, but maybe it’s something that has changed either in the termcaps or the “screen” program shipped with SLE 15?
Regards,
J
Hi
If you hold the ctrl key and then press home and end?
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